UPDATED: Speller Clint Goodwin out after round three

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. - After earning a spot in round three at the E.W. Scripps Spelling Bee, Clint Goodwin misspelled a word and won't be heading to later rounds.

The 14-year-old correctly spelled "prabhu" in the second round, which means master or lord in Sanskrit and many of the Indian languages.

But in the third round, he misspelled "ratafia," an herbal liqueur.

Clint had worked hard before the competition to be ready.

Celeste Goodwin tested her son repeatedly so he could become familiar with the spelling of the words.

"I use a consolidated words list, and my mom just asks me the words as I spell them," Goodwin said.

Spelling bee contestants are given lists of word to study before the bee starts.

The rest of the Goodwin family is happy for him.

"We are proud of him. It's really a big accomplishment. It seems bigger once you get here because you see how few people there are, even though there are 280 kids here. It's really a very small representation, when you think of all the kids that started out trying to get here. It's fun. Pretty impressive," his father, Mark Goodwin, said.

After round three, spelling bee officials will announce the 50 spellers who will advance to the semifinals, based on the combined scores of the computer test and the oral rounds.

The semifinals on Thursday will be live on ESPN2 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. PDT, and the finals will be broadcast live on ESPN at 5 p.m. PDT.